...but then we learned one of her classmates was allergic to peanut butter. We wound up making them for Mr. LH to take to work.

Still working with the packaging idea, we thought some more. I didn't want to make sugar cookies but I did have a "contest winning lemon cookie recipe" I recently found and wanted to try...and I could color them pink...making Pink Lemonade Cookies!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease light colored baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray and set aside. (you could also use a silpat mat or silicone mat instead)

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Whip in vanilla, egg, lemon zest, and juice. Add food coloring gel. Scrape sides and mix again. Stir in all dry ingredients slowly until just combined, excluding the powdered sugar. Scrape sides of bowl and mix again briefly. Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate. Roll dough into 3/4" to 1" balls. Mix powdered sugar and pink decorating sugar together. Roll dough balls in sugar mixture. Place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.

Bake for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte - not melty or shiny (this was about 10 minutes for my oven). Remove from oven and cool cookies about 2-3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

*If using a non-stick darker baking tray, reduce baking time by about 2 minutes.

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Notes:

The color shade was incredibly similar between the raw dough and the baked dough - except the baked cookies had a prettier pink to them (maybe from the pink sugar used?).

These are at their absolute best as soon as the 3 minute cooling period is done. Even my anti-citrus boy loved these cookies! Don't be surprised if you find yourself standing at the oven shoving these in your mouth while they are still warm. It's hard to resist.

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Monday, February 4, 2013

I've learned a lot about football in the past year. I watched every game with Mr. LH this season and asked so many questions about the rules and whatnot. I think he enjoyed teaching me. And I can actually watch a game now and know what's going on. Well, with every game, we had to have our game day snack. Even though I've started to enjoy the game, the food is still the best thing about football.

One weekend, snow fell and I couldn't get out to the grocery store for game food. I raided the fridge and freezer and came up with these buffalo chicken nachos. Although that was the same weekend our Broncos lost to the Ravens in the playoffs (a bad omen for our choice of snack food), the nachos were so good we decided to have them again for the Super Bowl.

Drop tortilla triangles several at a time into hot oil being careful not to overcrowd (I can do about 16 triangles at a time)

When chips are lightly golden, remove from oil and transfer to a cooling rack (I place a cooling rack over a baking sheet with a layer of paper towels to catch drips)

Store chips in a 200 degree oven while you finish cooking the remaining chips.

I'm sure you can bake the tortillas instead of deep frying them, but I haven't tried it yet.

In a large oven-safe dish, layer chips, half the grated cheese, all the chicken, then the remaining cheese. Place in the 200 degree oven until cheese melts.

Top with green onion, celery and dressing. Serve with additional hot sauce and dressing on the side.

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By the way, despite hard feelings, we rooted for the Ravens in the Super Bowl. We figured if we had to lose in the playoffs, at least we should lose to the team that ultimately took it all. There's always next year.

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